The Great Canadian "If you were a developer (Just for fun)" Thread - Page 10

urbandreamer · #**181** Posted **Jun 19, 2015, 7:23 AM**

I finally decided to sketch out my first condo floorplan, this one is a 600 sq ft 1 bedroom--the larger the better--I'm calling The Yonge Street Flophouse because it's in that ghetto known as Yonge & Grenville:

critiques welcome thx

urbandreamer · #**182** Posted **Jun 21, 2015, 9:01 AM**

Here's a 750 sq ft 2 bedroom corner unit at Yonge & Grenville:

urbandreamer · #**183** Posted **Jun 22, 2015, 4:18 AM**

What does 430 square feet of NimbyTect fantasy floorplanning look like?

mattgrande · #**184** Posted **Jun 22, 2015, 12:47 PM**

Is that the Stanley Cup in the corner?

urbandreamer · #**185** Posted **Jun 24, 2015, 12:05 AM**

Ha no. It's an ikea floor lamp.:p

Revised the floorplan a bit and think it's the better for it:

Rumors · #**186** Posted **Jun 24, 2015, 2:57 PM**

I would relocate the Montreal casino into the Bell Centre area.

urbandreamer · #**187** Posted **Jul 3, 2015, 12:11 PM**

Working on something a bit different: an 18 storey infill design near Spadina & Adelaide:

urbandreamer · #**188** Posted **Jul 4, 2015, 9:07 PM**

I've been thinking about One Bloor West today and thought what better way to spend the 4th of July than in my studio sketching out a concept: YO'BLO is the design compromise F+P ought to consider:

It's a typical concrete and hybrid-wall glass balcony tower with an aluminium exoskeleton facade.

urbandreamer · #**189** Posted **Jul 5, 2015, 3:00 PM**

YO'BLO slightly revised to meet our cost-cutting goal:

urbandreamer · #**190** Posted **Jul 6, 2015, 3:38 PM**

YO'BLO is actually pretty dull: exoskeletal lattice frame around your typical balcony tower that just happens to be ~80 storeys tall.

Can it be "sexed" up?

urbandreamer · #**191** Posted **Jul 8, 2015, 1:35 PM**

Option #1: throw some colour at it

TorontoDrew · #**192** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 8:01 PM**

I like your last design.

urbandreamer · #**193** Posted **Jul 23, 2015, 7:02 PM**

POP Condos are coming soon ... but will they be yet another balcony tower?

All I know is they'll have bathrooms, bedrooms and kitchens--you know that popular ****

I don't even know how tall they'll be

But if they're truly a pop icon, surely they'll sell as many floors as they possibly can?

urbandreamer · #**194** Posted **Jul 28, 2015, 7:20 PM**

NimbyTect's Adelaide West 2 is another proposal for the Adelaide & Spadina neighbourhood:

At around 9-10 storeys, it's half the height of its sibling: Adelaide West. It also shares somewhat similar design language.

urbandreamer · #**195** Posted **Jul 29, 2015, 4:46 PM**

How long does it take to knock off The Brant Park's design? 10 minutes in SketchUp gets me here:

urbandreamer · #**196** Posted **Jul 31, 2015, 2:11 PM**

A further 10 minutes and I've got the CRU & PH roughed in:

Now comes the hard part: interior design, lobby, floor plans, parking/service layout, structural, HVAC, material selection, plumbing, electrical, marketing and sales. How far will I get?

urbandreamer · #**197** Posted **Aug 2, 2015, 5:59 PM**

Today I've spent 3 hours working on a design inspired by Theatre Park: aA meets NimbyTect for a very Civic Holiday.

Minimal glass balcony tower with a shiny exoskeletal frame

8 units per floor on a skinny 8000 sqft floorplate

Oh and is it ever tall! ~100 storeys

Even better: it's got an insanely sexy neighbour under construction

urbandreamer · #**198** Posted **Aug 3, 2015, 10:12 AM**

I think I've nailed the perfect glazing in SketchUp but you know what? 100% glass towers put me to sleep. Working upon this glass/balcony point tower I can remix it 1001 different ways with different cladding materials and shapes. Here's one:

Yonge & Metal is one NimbyTect vision for 475 Yonge Street.

urbandreamer · #**199** Posted **Aug 3, 2015, 1:11 PM**

Oh and here's another one: Checker House Condos by NimbyTect: 475 Yonge's tower 2?

urbandreamer · #**200** Posted **Aug 8, 2015, 9:21 PM**

The Yonge and Sexy coming to Downtown Yonge c.2020?